Team BDS claim consecutive Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege title in Riyadh

RIYADH: Team BDS celebrated back-to-back Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege triumphs at Gamers8 on Sunday night — with the team’s leader declaring their double success at the biggest esports and gaming event worldwide as “amazing.”

Organized by the Saudi Esports Federation, the four-day competition of the hugely popular tactical shooter game concluded at Boulevard Riyadh City with the French side winning $750,000 from the whopping $2 million prize pool.

Team BDS won 3-0 against American outfit M80 in the Rainbow Six final at Gamers8: The Land of Heroes after beating Saudi Arabia’s superstars Team Falcons 2-0 in the semifinal. M80 reached the final with a 2-1 win over w7m esports, but it was Team BDS, featuring Renshiro, Shaiiko, Elemzje, BriD, LikEfac, Catwo and Stooflex, who claimed the honors and glory for the second year running.

Elemzje, the in-game leader for Team BDS, said: “Winning again at Gamers8 feels great. Riyadh is an amazing city and Saudi Arabia is an amazing country. We proved we still have what it takes to win tournaments like this one against the best teams in the world.”

“The organization at Gamers8 is perfect. We have never complained,” he added. “We just feel comfortable being here — and when you feel good, you can’t be bad when you’re playing. That’s what happened two years in a row.”

Just like last year, Team BDS’ Shaiiko claimed the most-valuable player award. “It feels good to win it again,” he said.

The Kingdom’s homegrown heroes, Team Falcons, lost out to Team BDS in the final last year.

LikEfac said: “Team Falcons are a really good team, they counter-strategize well and are very aggressive.”